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1 Shilling Yakovlev Yak-1
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Diameter | 24.0 mm |
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| Obverse description | Full-color applique on a light blue field depicting the Somali coat of arms at center: a shield charged with a white five-pointed star on a blue background, surmounted by a golden crown, and supported on either side by a leopard. Below the shield, crossed palm fronds complete the heraldic composition. The legend SOMALY REPUBLIC arcs along the upper periphery in bold Latin characters, with the date 2019 flanking the shield at center and the denomination 1 SHILLING inscribed along the lower periphery. A decorative dotted border in gold encircles the entire design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Somalia's 1 Shilling denomination has been effectively worthless in real economic terms for decades — the Somali shilling collapsed alongside the central government in 1991 and has seen no meaningful monetary policy since. These stainless steel issues from 2019 were produced not for domestic circulation but for the novelty collector market, a pattern common among nominal or failed-state issuers licensing their sovereignty to foreign mint operators.
The Yak-1 was the Soviet Union's first successful indigenous fighter of World War II, entering service in 1940 after Aleksandr Yakovlev's design bureau beat out competing proposals under direct Stalinist pressure.